Turn it Loose

Watch this trailer for Turn it Loose a upcoming documentary on some bboys





Some bboys may think Redbullbcone is pretty wack, there may be some truth to that but theres much more to it than just the competition. It's whats behind the bboy's lives. Every bboy has a story, some more dramatic than others obviously.

My story on the other hand is not that dramatic. I have my own struggles in life but im not on the verge of poverty, I'm a student, looking to establish a bboy community within my own city.

Bboy Jams

Over the past amount of time that I've taught here in the heart state of America, I've realized that its really important to take new practitioners of the game to a jam if they haven't been to one. It really opens their eyes, well at least here in the Midwest. Here in Iowa, there are not many bboys, and the bboys you do see aren't as established as you may see elsewhere.

In MY eyes, when I first went to a bboy jam called Breaking The Law and competed, it blew my mind. I had no idea what it felt like to be surrounded by all sorts of bboys. After that day, I had a spark, a spark to really become serious with bboying. In Iowa we bboys here can only help each other to a certain extent. We don't have the resources of great bboys and instructors of populated bboy states.

I took one of my students to a jam last September. I know it blew his mind away after going to Falling with Style 4. It included a lot of top bboys in the U.S. ( The Squadron) which included bboys like Roxrite, Kid David, Kevo, Keebz, and among others. The Seven to smokes was pretty dope as well as the final battle.

Aside we went to the Mall of America and ran into some fellow bboys.

Ground Zero

I've been bboying now for a little over 3 years. I have developed my own style and identity and have worked primarily on foundations of bboying. In other words I focused on footwork and flow mostly. Regardless if I have developed the sense of what a bboy is, I know I'm not complete without the moves that are in the game today.

I find myself in a catch up game. Take a look at this video interview Poe 1 on judging. He talks of bboys who have the essence and those who just have the moves and what happens to bboys who just have the moves when things "click".




To date I have these moves DOWN SOLID

Various forearm and elbow freezes
Standard Windmills
Floats ( Handglide, crickets, Jackhammers, turtles, darkhammers, variations )
Various One arm freezes (Nike, Pike, etc...)
Handhops
Baby freeze and variations
Airbaby
Backspin
Shoulderspin
Coindrops
Deadman 90's

What I'm working on is Headspins, Hurricanes, flares, and standard 90's the most right now. Also Hollowbacks :D

It's only the beginning... for real